She's real. She has quirks and does not always look perfect. She freaks out about the kind of little problems that the rest of us have. Thing don't always work out for Elaine, but not in an unrealistically tragic or romantic way. Elaine is all of us.

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Regina George (Mean Girls)

We all have a little mean girl in us. Judgmental, manipulative, self-centered, and vain. These are Regina's identifying traits and, admit it or not, we all share a tendency toward at least one of them... In high school, anyway.

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Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)

Rory is the classic Type A role model. She is smart and ambitious. At the same time, however, she is funny and sociable. Most characters are either one or the other, but Rory manages to break these boundaries, showing that it is not, in fact, impossible for a woman to be both career-oriented and fun-loving.

"What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction. My original protest: Part resistance of the newest preteen trend of the time. Part disdain for the lyrics. I mean if a girl is flipping her hair seductively, does she really not know she's pretty?

Why I love it now: I eventually had to admit that this song is really fun. It has a good beat and the more people you get to sing it together, the better it is.

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"Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber. My original protest: Justin Bieber. That's all I need to say

Why I love it now: every time this song came on the radio, I found it harder and harder to change the station. I am still not a Belieber but I definitely believe in this song. Plus, Ed Sheeran as the background singer helps it a whole lot.

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"Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding. My original protest: It's from the "Fifty Shades of Grey" soundtrack. That makes it hard to take this song seriously

Why I love it now: Once I realized how fun it was to sing, with a mix of deep low notes and lilting higher notes, I realized what a masterpiece it actually is.